Scores of aldermen, election attorneys and campaign volunteers formed a long line that snaked through the basement of the Dunne Cook County Office Building on Monday morning as they waited to be among the first to file petition signatures to get on the ballot for the Feb. 24 Chicago election.

When Mayor Rahm Emanuel picked Kurt Summers Jr. as city treasurer, he catapulted the little-known, 35-year-old, Harvard-educated investment banker into a prominent city post that could set him on a trajectory to one day run for higher office.
It was...

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner sharply clashed Tuesday night over who could better improve the lives of African Americans during a South Side debate focused on education, crime, jobs and taxes.
Rauner is trying to...

Chicago City Treasurer Stephanie Neely will join Allstate on Dec. 1 as vice president of treasury.
She'll be responsible for overseeing the Northbrook-based company's liquidity, capital and ratings.
On Oct. 20, the two-term city treasurer said she...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday offered a monologue about balancing the needs of work and family, after several aldermen warned incoming city treasurer Kurt Summers Jr. about the family sacrifices he would make as a public official.
Emanuel gave Summers...

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel picked investment executive and former Cook County official Kurt Summers Jr. to be the new city treasurer Wednesday, saying it's important to quickly get the right person in place to manage municipal investments rather than waiting for voters to fill the job at the February 2015 election.
Summers got the mayor's endorsement two days after Treasurer Stephanie Neely announced she would step down about three months ahead of the Feb. 24 city election. On Monday, the mayor was preparing...

Outgoing City Treasurer Stephanie Neely on Tuesday dismissed as “kind of crazy” the criticism Republican governor challenger Bruce Rauner lobbed at Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn for not picking her as his running mate.
Neely was responding to Rauner’s chastisement of Quinn during a Monday night debate for not putting Neely on the statewide Democratic ticket as the lieutenant governor candidate. Rauner said that if elected, he would ask Neely to join his Republican administration.
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Two-term City Treasurer Stephanie Neely announced Monday that she is resigning at the end of November to return to the private sector, a move that has cleared the way for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to appoint her replacement ahead of the February election.
Not long after Neely was told her staff that she was calling it quits, Emanuel was asking other elected officials to show up to a South Side event on Wednesday, where he plans to appoint Kurt Summers Jr. to replace Neely, sources said.
Summers is a former...

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Thursday that she expects Gov. Pat Quinn to rewrite a compromise measure to legalize the concealed carrying of firearms in public.
Madigan, speaking at a luncheon discussion hosted by the pro-Democratic women's campaign fund EMILY's List, also said female political candidates need to show voters they can be tough in making hard decisions. At the same time, the wife and mother of two children said being actively involved in family will help "soften you" in...

City Treasurer Stephanie Neely is one of several potential running mates under consideration by Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn.
On Tuesday, Neely confirmed she's spoken with the governor about the ballot spot that opened up when Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon opted to run for state comptroller in 2014.
A Quinn campaign spokeswoman declined to say whether Quinn plans to pick Neely, saying "the governor is in the process of reviewing candidates for the position."
Neely, a former banker who lives in the North...

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has named former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas as his Democratic running mate for next year's election.
Vallas, an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2002 against Rod Blagojevich, fills the vacancy on the ticket left by incumbent Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon's decision to run for state comptroller next year.
A new state law requires candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to run as a team before nominating petitions can be filed....